880K vs. 860K

[WiiUMasterGman]

http://www.ncix.com/detail/amd-athlon-x4-860k-black-e7-126135.htm

http://www.ncix.com/detail/amd-athlon-x4-880k-black-01-126133.htm

Should I spend the extra money to get the 880K

 

[Dynomite54]

yes

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

yes

Could you give me reasons why?

 

[Dynomite54]

yes

Could you give me reasons why?

It has a better clock speed. And you will see a difference in games that use single core power than multi.

 

[TJ Hooker]

I don't see much reason to pay the extra $20 for the 880k. The only difference between the two CPUs is a small increase in clock speed, and you can always overclock the 860k a bit to match the 880k.

 

[GraySilencer]

The clock speed is not the only difference. The 880k comes with the New Wraith cooler. It's a 125 watt cpu cooler with copper heat pipes. It is fairly big so I would make sure it doesn't interfere with your RAM slots or Pci-e slot.

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

I can pay for both I just don't know if it is worth the extra 20 dollars

 

[GraySilencer]

I can pay for both I just don't know if it is worth the extra 20 dollars

Faster clock speed, better cooler + less noise. It might be worth it over the 860k if you don't want to buy an aftermarket cooler to overclock it. It's supposed to be almost as good as the 212 EVO.

However you also may also want to consider the 845. The single thread performance actually beats both the 860k and 880k, but the drawback is that you can't overclock it.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2362&cmp%5B%5D=2747&cmp%5B%5D=2721